Florida guv refuses to revisit 'stand your ground' law

Says won't call special session -- calls for day of prayer Sunday for unity

Published: 07/19/2013 at 9:24 PM

(CBS News) Protesters who set up camp in the state Capitol building earlier this week finally got to meet with Gov. Rick Scott late Thursday, and they urged him to push for the repeal of Florida’s “stand your ground” law and to take steps to combat racial profiling.

In a conference room near his office suite, Scott met for nearly an hour with seven leaders of the protest, which began Tuesday. They described their frustration about last weekend’s acquittal of George Zimmerman in the death of Trayvon Martin and their own experiences of being racially profiled.

Zimmerman was acquitted of second-degree murder and manslaughter charges in the shooting death of Martin, who was unarmed. His attorneys argued that he shot Martin in self-defense, but the case sparked an outcry because Martin was black and Zimmerman identifies himself as Hispanic.